“We are all couples on this ship, all kinds of couples, even men and men.
No one really crosses any line, the rest of the crew is also formed in couples and whatever happens in our cabins is private.”
While the Alien franchise has previously hinted vaguely at same-sex attractions between various characters (most famously “Future Ripley” and Winona Ryder’s android Call in Alien: Resurrection), but has never featured an openly gay character before now.
Few topics are as widely discussed in modern Hollywood as diversity.